Wil Wheaton
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Born | Richard William Wheaton III July 29, 1972 Burbank, California, U.S. |
Residence | Arcadia, California, U.S. |
Alma mater | University of California, Los Angeles |
Occupation | Actor, writer, blogger, voice actor |
Years active | 1980–present |
Spouse(s) | Anne Prince (m. 1999) |
Children | 2 stepsons[1] |
Website | www |
Richard William Wheaton III (born July 29, 1972) is an American actor and voice actor, and a progressive blogger and writer. He portrayed Wesley Crusher on the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, Gordie Lachance in the film Stand by Me, Joey Trotta in Toy Soldiers and Bennett Hoenicker in Flubber. Wheaton has also appeared in recurring roles as Aqualad in Teen Titans, Cosmic Boy on the Legion of Super Heroes and Mike Morningstar/Darkstar in the Ben 10 universe. He also appeared as a fictionalized version of himself on the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory and in the roles of Fawkes on The Guild, Colin Mason on Leverage and Dr. Isaac Parrish on Eureka. Wheaton is the co-creator and host of the multimedia board game show TableTop.
In the 2010s, he became associated with far-left culture and politics. Embracing the tightening strictures of political correctness, he was considered a well-known Social Justice Warrior. However, in August 2018, he was deplatformed from a Twitter-like website, as progressive politics increasingly questioned the political status and expression of white men like Wheaton,[2] despite his well-received work to similarly deplatform others. The controversy erupted after his inadvertent use of an online censorship program written by a radical feminist, which blocked many transgender individuals. In the 2020s, Wheaton, along with other progressive celebrities, increasingly began to embrace anti-white politics.[3]
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Early life
Wheaton was born July 29, 1972, in Burbank, California, to Debra Nordean "Debbie" (née O'Connor), an actress, and Richard William Wheaton, Jr., a medical specialist.[4][5][6] He has a brother, Jeremy, and a sister, Amy.[7] Both appeared uncredited in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "When the Bough Breaks".[8] Amy also appeared alongside Wil in the 1987 film The Curse.[9]
Career
Early work
Wheaton made his acting debut in the television film A Long Way Home (1981), and his first cinema role was as Martin Brisby in the animated film The Secret of NIMH (1982), the movie adaptation of Robert C. O'Brien's book Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH (1971). He had a minor role in The Last Starfighter (1984) as Louis's friend, but it was cut.
He first gained widespread attention for playing Gordie Lachance in Stand by Me (1986), the film adaptation of Stephen King's novella The Body which was originally published in 1982's Different Seasons.[10][11][12]
Star Trek
He played Wesley Crusher for the first four seasons of Star Trek: The Next Generation, from 1987 to 1991. This became a recurring role later in the series. A vocal group of Trekkies disliked his Star Trek character and, by extension, Wheaton himself. Wheaton commented about his critics in an interview for WebTalk Radio:
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Later, I determined that the people who were really, really cruel – like the Usenet weenies – really are a statistically insignificant number of people. And I know, just over the years from people who've e-mailed me at my website and people who I've talked to since I started going to Star Trek conventions again in the last five years, that there are so many more people who really enjoyed everything about the show, including my performance, including the character.[13]
Wheaton's notoriety among Star Trek fandom is covered in a number of web comics. For example, ArcaneTimes (March 25, 2005) offers a sympathetic position;[14] Something Positive presents a range of opinions on the storyline Mike's Kid;[15] and Abstruse Goose tries to distinguish between the character and the actor.[16]
Post-Star Trek
Wheaton played Joey Trotta in the action film Toy Soldiers (1991). After leaving Star Trek, he moved to Topeka, Kansas, to work for NewTek, where he helped to develop the Video Toaster 4000 doing product testing and quality control[17][18] and later used his public profile to serve as a technology evangelist for the product.[19] Wheaton said this was a period of growth in his life, and living away from Los Angeles helped him deal with anger problems.
Afterward, he returned to Los Angeles, attended acting school for five years, and then re-entered the acting world.[20][21] In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Wheaton appeared in several independent films, including the award-winning The Good Things (2001), in which he portrays a frustrated Kansas tollbooth worker. For his performance in Jane White Is Sick & Twisted (2002) he received the Best Actor award at the Melbourne Underground Film Festival.
Voice work
Wheaton has worked as a voice actor in animation, video games and audiobooks, beginning with the role of Martin Brisby in The Secret of NIMH at age 10. His most noteworthy credits include the roles of Aqualad in the cartoons Teen Titans and Teen Titans Go!, the voice of radio journalist Richard Burns in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Kyle in the Nickelodeon cartoon, Kyle + Rosemary as well as himself and various other characters on both Family Guy and Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy. Wheaton also featured as the second Blue Beetle, Ted Kord, on Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Dr. Peter Meechum in Generator Rex, Mike Morningstar / Darkstar in Ben 10: Alien Force, Ben 10: Ultimate Alien & Ben 10: Omniverse. Wheaton also took upon the anime roles of Yakumo in Kurokami: The Animation, Menma in Naruto, Hans in Slayers Evolution-R, Aaron Terzieff in Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn. He also appeared as himself in a skit on nerdcore rapper MC Frontalot's 2008 album Final Boss attempting to be a rapper, whose rhymes only involved shellfish. Wheaton later collaborated with Frontalot on "Your Friend Wil", a track from the 2010 album Zero Day on the subject of what Wheaton calls "Wheaton's law": "don't be a dick".[22][23] Wheaton and Frontalot have both appeared at the Penny Arcade Expo (PAX).
Wheaton has also narrated a number of bestselling audiobooks, mostly in the science-fiction and fantasy category, including Ready Player One by Ernest Cline (Wheaton also exists in the novel's universe, described as being joint President, along with Cory Doctorow, of the virtual world Oasis, which is the setting for much of the book), "Armada" also by Cline, Redshirts by John Scalzi, "Fuzzy Nation" also by Scalzi, and books 6–10 of the Chronicles of Amber series by Roger Zelazny.
Television and web

Wheaton was a contestant on a 2001 episode of The Weakest Link featuring Star Trek actors attempting to win money for charity. He has made guest appearances on the November 23, 2007 episode of the TV series Numb3rs, and the October 22, 2008 episode of the series Criminal Minds, and appeared in Internet presentations, including a cameo in a comedy sketch ("Lock Out") for LoadingReadyRun[24] (and a reprise of the same the following year, in CommodoreHustle 4), and the May 30, 2008 episode of the Internet series Gorgeous Tiny Chicken Machine Show. From 2009-2011, Wheaton appeared in seasons 3, 4, and 5 of the web series The Guild as Fawkes, the leader for a rival guild known as Axis of Anarchy.[25] Wheaton credits his roles in Gorgeous Tiny Chicken Machine Show and The Guild for reigniting his career by encouraging him to seek out roles as the "Villain You Love To Hate" stock character.[26] He also appears in seasons 2, 3, and 4 of the television series Leverage, as rival computer hacker Colin "Chaos" Mason, antagonist to Leverage team hacker Alec Hardison. He makes regular appearances in many web productions for Geek & Sundry, including hosting TableTop, a board game based show,[27] and Titansgrave, a roleplaying game based show.[28]
He appeared as a fictionalized version of himself in several episodes of the sitcom The Big Bang Theory, starting in season 3, episode 5: "The Creepy Candy Coating Corollary" (2009). On the show, Wheaton behaves in comically petty and manipulative ways towards main character Sheldon Cooper, who regards him as an archenemy until the season 5 episode "The Russian Rocket Reaction", when they make amends and become friends. Wheaton appears in 12 episodes in a recurring, guest-starring role on Eureka, playing Dr. Isaac Parrish, the head of the Non-Lethal Weapons Lab at Global Dynamics and a thorn in Fargo's side.[29] Wheaton also voices the character of the former scoutmaster and current sous-chef Earl Harlan in the popular dark, surreal-comedy podcast Welcome to Night Vale.
Wheaton appears as Alexander Rook in the Syfy TV series Dark Matter, based on the eponymous comic book.[30]
Hosting
From September 2006 to September 2007, Wheaton hosted a Revision3 syndicated video podcast called InDigital along with Jessica Corbin and Hahn Choi. He hosted a NASA video on the Mars Curiosity rover which landed on Monday August 6, 2012.[31] He has also hosted "2nd Watch," interviews with cast members and producers of the science-fiction series Falling Skies that appears on-line after each episode.[32] On April 3, 2014, Wheaton announced on his blog that his new show called The Wil Wheaton Project would premiere on the SyFy network at 10pm on May 27 for an initial projected run of twelve episodes.[33][34] However, on August 29, Wheaton blogged that SyFy canceled the show after only one season.[35]
Other ventures
Games
In 2003, Wheaton mentioned his love for the game of poker on his blog. The following year, he began writing more extensively about his poker-playing experiences, including stories about playing Texas hold 'em tournaments locally and in Las Vegas. Eventually, he worked up to regular play, including a run at the 2005 World Poker Tour Championships. On June 23, 2005, Wheaton accepted an invitation to join Team PokerStars.[36] He went on to play in that year's World Series of Poker and was the guest speaker for the 2005 BARGE Banquet. In June 2007, he announced he would no longer be on Team Pokerstars due to changes in the US legal system that would cause poker sites to have to focus on European and Asian markets[37] and held a farewell Pokerstars tournament on June 5, 2007, which he titled So Long and Thanks for All the Chips.[38]
Wheaton is a Dungeons & Dragons player,[39] and played during the PAX 2010 event using the 4th edition rules. Wheaton, along with webcartoonists Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik of Penny Arcade, and Scott Kurtz of PvP, played in front of a live audience. The game was hosted and recorded by Wizards of the Coast with Chris Perkins as the dungeonmaster.[40] Wheaton also played D&D 4th edition at the PAX 2011 event using the 4th edition rules, and used the D&D Next play test rules at PAX Prime 2012.
Wheaton hosts the web series TableTop that he created with Felicia Day, where he explains how to play various card, board and dice games, then plays a round with celebrity guests. This web series has had over 4.5 million views[41] and raised $1.4 million on Indiegogo for its third series, a record amount for a web series at that time[42]
Wheaton also starred in the Kickstarter-funded game There Came an Echo by Iridium Studios.[43] In Dungeons and Dragons Online, he became the dungeon master of the Temple of Elemental Evil quests.[44]
Nintendo of America announced on Twitter that Wheaton would be voicing Abraham Lincoln in Code Name: STEAM.[45] Wheaton announced in February 2015 that he was chosen to provide voiceover talent for the upcoming strategy role-playing video game Firefly Online, a game based on Joss Whedon's Firefly sci-fi franchise.[46] Wheaton also does the voice narration on the Secret Hitler companion app for the Secret Hitler social deduction game.[47]
Wheaton has been a staunch opponent of the Gamergate movement,[48][49] and wrote a profile of Anita Sarkeesian for the 2015 Time 100.[50]
Comic book
A fictionalized version of Wheaton was included in the comic book PS 238, in which he harbors the power of telekinesis. Wheaton's debut comic book The Guild: Fawkes, which he wrote alongside Felicia Day, was released on May 23, 2012.[51]
Audiobooks
Wheaton has recorded several of his non-self-published books as downloadable audiobooks. These include Just a Geek, Dancing Barefoot, The Happiest Days of Our Lives, and his Criminal Minds diary from Sunken Treasure. He also released excerpts of Memories of The Future: Vol 1 as free podcasts. He has also narrated several audiobooks by other authors, including Ready Player One and Armada by Ernest Cline;[52][53] Masters of Doom by David Kushner;[54] Homeland by Cory Doctorow; Fuzzy Nation, The Android's Dream, Agent to the Stars, Redshirts, Lock In, and Head On by John Scalzi;[55][56][57][58][59][60] Peter and Max: A Fables Novel by Bill Willingham;[61] "Byways", part of METAtropolis: Cascadia by Tobias Buckell;[62] What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe;[63] and Boneshaker by Cherie Priest.[64] Similarly, Wheaton has provided the voice-over for the digital gamebook, Trial of the Clone.[65]
Live shows
Wheaton has performed improvisational and sketch comedy at the ACME Comedy Theater in Hollywood.[66] He has a traveling sketch comedy/improv troupe called "EarnestBorg9" that performs science fiction-related comedy at conventions.[67] Wheaton is one of the three headline acts of the w00tstock shows, appearing in nearly all of them when his filming schedule has allowed. He has also guest starred in one of the Welcome to Night Vale live stage shows, playing the role of a radio station intern named after himself, the character meeting a prompt demise as is the podcast's tradition for interns. He also plays a character in the podcast, Earl Harlan, a friend of the main character. He was originally a 20-something regular guy, when he was dragged away to the "Eternal Scout" ceremony and disappeared. He then returned as a 53 year old with a son, and was the sous chef of Night Vale's top restaurant.
Writing
Wheaton runs his own blog, Wil Wheaton Dot Net. Between 2001 and late 2004, he operated a message board, known as "The Soapbox" or "Paracosm," as part of the blog site. Two collections of writings taken from postings to the message board have been published, titled Boxer Shorts (ISBN 1-932461-00-0) and Boxer Shorts Redux (ISBN 1-932461-03-5). He contributes regularly to the Los Angeles-based Metroblogging site. In June 2005, he became that month's featured Tech writer for the SuicideGirls Newswire.[68] He had a monthly column, entitled "Wil Save," in the Dungeons & Dragons-based magazine Dungeon, until May 2005. From January 2005 to October 2006, he wrote a column for The A.V. Club about early video games, called "Games of Our Lives." On December 12, 2008, he returned to his role as Geek in Review editor,[clarification needed] with his editorials being published every second Wednesday of the month.

In early 2003, he founded the independent publishing company Monolith Press and released a memoir entitled Dancing Barefoot. Monolith Press was "founded on the idea that publication should not be limited by opportunity."[69] Most of the entries are extended versions of his blog entries. Dancing Barefoot sold out three printings in four months. In winter 2003, Wheaton signed to publisher Tim O'Reilly with a three-book contract. O'Reilly acquired Dancing Barefoot, and published his extended memoirs, Just a Geek, in summer of 2004. He has since written about his bitterness regarding how the book was marketed, believing it was pitched as a Star Trek book when he intended it as more of a personal memoir.[70] Subsequently, in 2007, his next book, The Happiest Days of Our Lives was again published by Monolith Press.
With the release of Sunken Treasure: Wil Wheaton's Hot Cocoa Box Sampler in February 2009, instead of using traditional publishing, Wheaton decided to self-publish using Lulu Publishing, releasing paperback and digital copies, something he has continued to do with all his publications since. As a chapbook, Sunken Treasure contains several small extracts of various different projects, including two short stories from Ficlets, an ACME comedy sketch, William's Tell and a Criminal Minds production diary. The production diary was later released as an audiobook. Later that same year, Wheaton released Memories of the Future: Volume 1, a humorous critique, as well as an account of Wheaton's own experiences with, and memories of, the first thirteen episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Closing up 2009, Wheaton published a special edition of The Happiest Days of Our Lives, which also included an afterword by his son, Ryan. The Happiest Days of Our Lives and Sunken Treasure were also released on a Creative Commons license.
In 2017, Wheaton wrote the short story "Laina" for the Star Wars anthology From a Certain Point of View. The book features 40 short stories, each by a different author, to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Star Wars.
Politics
Wheaton described himself as a liberal in 2005.[71] In September 2006, he criticized George W. Bush's plan to suspend habeas corpus and to use torture: "Shame on President Bush. Shame on his Republican allies in Congress, and shame on the spineless, cowardly Democrats who did not stand up to them."[72] In a column that he wrote for Salon.com in 2005, The Real War on Christmas, Wheaton attacked conservative commentators like Bill O'Reilly, Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity for influencing the political views of his parents, with whom Wheaton found himself unable to have political discussions during family get-togethers on holidays like Christmas.[71] Wheaton's parents were very offended by the article, and he posted a lengthy apology on his site and an interview in which his parents clarified their political views.[73]
Wheaton is a supporter of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and has been involved with the organization since 2002.[74]
On August 24, 2007, Wheaton gave the keynote address for the yearly Penny Arcade Expo, which was subsequently made available online.[75] He stepped in following a public battle between the formerly-scheduled keynote debate participants, noted anti-games activist Jack Thompson and Hal Halpin, the president of the Entertainment Consumers Association (ECA). Much of Wheaton's address focused on the debate over violence in video games. He also gave the keynote at PAX East 2010 in Boston, Massachusetts.
He supported Barack Obama in the 2008 Presidential Election[76] and opposed Proposition 8, calling it "nothing but hate and discrimination".[77]
In September 2015, Wheaton announced that he was supporting Bernie Sanders' bid to be the 2016 Democratic Party presidential candidate nominee.[78] He subsequently campaigned for Hillary Clinton in the 2016 general election,[79] and declared he was crushed by Donald Trump's win, but determined to continue working for more open borders and diversity.
Immediately following the Sutherland Springs church shooting on November 5, 2017, Wheaton on Twitter stated in response to Congressman Paul Ryan's call for prayers for the victims that "The murdered victims were in a church. If prayers did anything, they'd still be alive, you worthless sack of shit."[80] Wheaton subsequently stood by his opinion after receiving criticism from conservatives.[81][82][83]
Personal life
Wheaton was roommates with Chris Hardwick at UCLA.[20][84] They met at a showing of Arachnophobia in Burbank, California.[20]
Wheaton married Anne Prince on November 7, 1999,[85] and lives in Arcadia, California, with her and her two sons from a previous relationship.[86] When one son was 19, he asked Wheaton to legally adopt him, which he did.[1][87]
Wheaton is an aficionado of computers, the internet, and technology in general. He says he is drawn to alternatives like Linux because he is left-handed, though he ceased using Linux when he switched to Windows 2000.[86] Since at least 2003, his operating system of choice has been OS X (now known as macOS), though he still runs Linux (Debian) in a virtual machine.[88] But since his iMac died, he started using Debian on bare metal again on his Xidax gaming rig. [89] He also enjoys brewing his own beer at home,[90] and he collaborated with Fark creator Drew Curtis and Stone Brewing Co. CEO Greg Koch to create a geek-themed stout beer called Stone Farking Wheaton w00tstout.[91]
Wheaton is also a major longtime fan of the Los Angeles Kings ice hockey team and can often be found at the Staples Center at both regular season and playoff games.[92] Wheaton is also a "die-hard" fan of the Los Angeles Dodgers, and has gone to many games at Dodger Stadium.[93]
Wheaton lives with generalized anxiety disorder and chronic depression. He supports mental health nonprofit organizations in raising awareness for these conditions.[94][95]
Honors
- Young Artist Awards: 1989 & 1987
- Melbourne Underground Film Festival: Best Actor (2002)
- International Academy of Web Television Awards: Best Hosted Series (2014)
Legacy
An asteroid was named after him: 391257 Wilwheaton.[96]
Filmography
Films and television films
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1981 | A Long Way Home | Donald Branch | Television film |
1983 | Hambone and Hillie | Jeff Radcliffe | |
1983 | 13 Thirteenth Avenue | Willie | Television film |
1983 | The Buddy System | Tim | |
1984 | The Last Starfighter | Louis' friend | |
1986 | The Defiant Ones | Clyde | Television film |
1986 | Long Time Gone | Mitchell | Television film |
1986 | Stand by Me | Gordie Lachance | |
1987 | The Curse | Zack | |
1987 | The Last Prostitute | Danny | Television film |
1987 | The Man Who Fell to Earth | Billy Milton | Television film |
1988 | She's Having a Baby | Eloy | |
1991 | Toy Soldiers | Joseph "Joey" Trotta | |
1991 | December | Kipp Gibbs | |
1992 | Star Trek 25th Anniversary Special | Himself / Wesley Crusher | Television documentary |
1993 | The Liars' Club | David Reynolds | |
1995 | Mr. Stitch | Lazarus | |
1995 | It Was Him or Us | Scottie | Television film |
1996 | Pie in the Sky | Jack | |
1996 | Boys' Night Out | Marco | |
1997 | Trekkies | Himself | Documentary |
1997 | Flubber | Bennett Hoenicker | |
1997 | Tales of Glamour and Excess | Danny Sugerman | |
1998 | The Day Lincoln Was Shot | Robert Lincoln | Television film |
1998 | Fag Hag | Himself | |
1999 | Foreign Correspondents | Jonas | |
2000 | The Girls' Room | Charlie | |
2000 | Deep Core | Rodney Bedecker | |
2000 | Python | Thommy | |
2001 | Speechless... | Ryan | Short film |
2001 | The Good Things | Zach Means | Short film |
2002 | Jane White Is Sick & Twisted | Dick Smith | |
2002 | Fish Don't Blink | Jimmy | |
2002 | Walking the Tracks: The Summer of Stand by Me | Himself | Documentary |
2002 | Star Trek Nemesis | Wesley Crusher | cameo + Deleted scenes |
2003 | Book of Days | Danny | Television film |
2003 | Four Fingers of the Dragon | Himself | Television film |
2003 | Neverland | John Darling | |
2007 | Americanizing Shelley | Director Alan Smithee | |
2009 | Star Trek | Romulans (various)[97] | |
2010 | Loki and SageKing Go to GenCon | Evil Wil Wheaton | Short film |
2014 | Sharknado 2: The Second One | Himself as an airline Passenger | Uncredited |
2014 | Video Games: The Movie | Himself | Documentary |
TV shows and appearances
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1982 | CBS Afternoon Playhouse | Amos Cotter | "The Shooting" (Season 4, Episode 3) |
1985 | Highway to Heaven | Max | "One Winged Angels" (Season 1, Episode 15) |
1986 | St. Elsewhere | Owen Drimmer | "Nothing Up My Sleeve" (Season 5, Episode 8) |
1987 | Disneyland | Ehrich Weiss / Harry Houdini | "Young Harry Houdini" (Season 31, Episode 20) |
1987 | Family Ties | Timothy Higgins | "'D' Is for Date" (Season 5, Episode 25) |
1987–94 | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Wesley Crusher | Main role |
1989 | ABC Afterschool Special | Nick Karpinsky | "My Dad Can't Be Crazy... Can He?" (Season 18, Episode 1) |
1990 | Monsters | Kevin | "A Shave and a Haircut, Two Bites" (Season 3, Episode 8) |
1992 | Lifestories: Families in Crisis | Robert Bierer | "A Deadly Secret: The Robert Bierer Story" (Season 1, Episode 4) |
1993 | Tales from the Crypt | Arling | "House of Horror" (Season 5, Episode 7) |
1994 | Sirens | Wayne McGarrick | "Chasing a Ghost" (Season 2, Episode 5) |
1996 | The Outer Limits | Cadet | "The Light Brigade" (Season 2, Episode 18) |
1997 | Gun | Bilchick | "Ricochet" (Season 1, Episode 2) |
1997 | Perversions of Science | Bryan | "Snap Ending" (Season 1, Episode 8) |
1998 | The Love Boat: The Next Wave | Tristan Reedy | "I Can't Get No Satisfaction" |
1998 | Diagnosis: Murder | Forest Ranger Gary Barton | "Alienated" (Season 6, Episode 6) |
1999 | Guys Like Us | Steve / The Fig | "Good Old Days" (Season 1, Episode 12) |
1999 | Chicken Soup for the Soul | Will | "The Wallet" (Season 1, Episode 7) |
2001 | The Invisible Man | Dorman | "Perchance to Dream" (Season 1, Episode 17) |
2001 | Twice in a Lifetime | Ryan Storey / Dr. Thomas | "The Choice" (Season 2, Episode 22) |
2002 | A&E Biography | Narrator | "Eclipsed by Death: The Life of River Phoenix" (Season 1, Episode 323) |
2002 | Arena | Presenter | Unknown episodes |
2002–03 | The Screen Savers | Presenter | 2 episodes |
2005 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Walter | "Compulsion" (Season 5, Episode 17) |
2007 | Numb3rs | Miles Sklar | "Graphic" (Season 4, Episode 9) |
2008 | Criminal Minds | Floyd Hansen | "Paradise" (Season 4, Episode 4) |
2009–11 | Leverage | Colin Mason | Recurring role |
2009–2018 | The Big Bang Theory | Himself (fictional version of Wil Wheaton) | Guest role (Season 3–4) Recurring role (Season 5–Season 9; Season 11) |
2010–12 | Eureka | Dr. Isaac Parrish | Recurring role (Season 4–5) |
2014 | The Wil Wheaton Project | Presenter | 12 episodes |
2015–16 | Dark Matter | Alexander Rook | 2 episodes |
2016 | Powers | Conrad Moody | Season 2 |
2017 | Mystery Science Theater 3000 | Drake | "Reptilicus" (Season 11, Episode 1) |
2017 | Bill Nye Saves the World | Himself | "The Original Martian Invasion" (Season 1, Episode 5) |
2017 | Whose Line is it Anyway? | Himself | "July 10, 2017" (Season 13, Episode 5) |
Web shows and series
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2006–07 | Revision3 | Presenter | |
2007 | LoadingReadyRun | Himself | |
2008 | Retarded Policeman #5: Writers Strike[98] | Presenter | |
2009–11 | The Guild | Fawkes | Main role |
2010 | IRrelevant Astronomy | The Physician | Episode "Robot Astronomy Talk Show: Destroyer of Worlds" |
2012–present | TableTop | Presenter | |
2013 | Kris and Scott's Scott and Kris Show #10: Ties | Kris's father | |
2015 | Titansgrave: The Ashes of Valkana | Game Master/Host | |
2015 | Conversations with Creators | Host[99] | |
2015 | Critical Role | Himself / Thorbir Falbek | 2 episodes |
2015 | Con Man | Officer Cahoots, Man on Plane | 2 episodes |
2017 | Transformers: Titans Return | Perceptor | "Pilot" Episode, voice |
Animation
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1982 | The Secret of NIMH | Martin Brisby | |
1993 | The Legend of Prince Valiant | Prince Michael / King Michael | Main role (Season 2) |
2001 | The Flintstones: On the Rocks | Brad (Bass Singer) | Television film |
2002 | The Zeta Project | Kevin | "The Wrong Morph" (Season 2, Episode 14) |
2003–05 | Teen Titans | Aqualad | Recurring role |
2005 | Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! | Skurg | "The Lords of Soturix 7" (Season 2, Episode 2) |
2006 | Avatar: The Last Airbender | Additional voices | "City of Walls and Secrets" (Season 2, Episode 14) |
2007 | Random! Cartoons | Kyle / Sir Horace | "Kyle + Rosemary" (Season 1, Episode 8) |
2007–08 | Legion of Super Heroes | Cosmic Boy | Recurring role |
2008–09 | Ben 10: Alien Force | Mike Morningstar / Darkstar | Recurring role |
2009 | Naruto | Menma | 3 episodes, English version |
2009 | Kurokami: The Animation | Yakumo | Supporting role, English version |
2009–10 | Family Guy | Himself (Season 7); Anti-Abortion Activist (Season 8) |
"Not All Dogs Go to Heaven" (Season 7, Episode 11) "Partial Terms of Endearment" (Season 8, Episode 21) |
2009–10 | Batman: The Brave and the Bold | Ted Kord/Silver Age Blue Beetle | 2 episodes |
2010 | Ben 10: Ultimate Alien | Mike Morningstar / Darkstar | Recurring role |
2010 | Slayers Evolution-R | Hans | Episode 2, English version |
2010 | Naruto Shippuden the Movie | Taruho, Shizuku | English version |
2011 | Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn | Aaron Terzieff | "Ghost of Laplace" (Episode 2), English version |
2011–12 | Redakai | Quantus | Main role |
2012–13 | Generator Rex | Dr. Peter Meechum | 4 episodes |
2014 | Robot Chicken | Doctor Doom / Centaur / Handy Smurf | "Batman Forever 21" (Season 7, Episode 17) |
2014 | Ben 10: Omniverse | Mike Morningstar / Darkstar / Dante | 2 episodes |
2014–15 | Teen Titans Go! | Aqualad | 2 episodes |
2015 | Miles from Tomorrowland | Commander S'Leet | 2 episodes |
2016 | Fantasy Hospital | The High Wizard | 10 episodes |
2017–18 | Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters | Jonathan Rook, Museum Security Guard | 11 episodes |
2018 | Teen Titans Go! To the Movies | The Flash |
Video games
Year | Title | Role |
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2004 | EverQuest II | Additional voices |
2004 | Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas | Richard Burns |
2004 | Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2 | Additional voices |
2005 | Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Lockdown | Additional voices |
2005 | Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter | Additional voices |
2006 | Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 | Additional voices |
2005 | Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories | Richard Burns |
2006 | Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories | Richard Burns |
2009 | Brütal Legend | Watt-R-Boys |
2009 | Ben 10 Alien Force: Vilgax Attacks | Darkstar |
2010 | Fallout: New Vegas | Robobrains / Super-Ego / X-8 Robobrain |
2011 | DC Universe Online | Robin |
2013 | Grand Theft Auto V | The Local Population |
2014 | Broken Age | Curtis The Lumberjack |
2015 | There Came an Echo | Corrin[100] |
2015 | Code Name: S.T.E.A.M. | Abraham Lincoln |
2015 | Dungeons and Dragons Online - Reign of Elemental Evil[101] | Dungeon Master |
Bibliography
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- Dancing Barefoot (ISBN 0-596-00674-8) (2004)
- Just a Geek (ISBN 0-596-00768-X) (2004)
- Stories of Strength (ISBN 1-4116-5503-6) (2005; contributor)
- The Happiest Days of Our Lives (ISBN 0-9741160-2-5) (2007)
- Sunken Treasure (2009)
- Memories of the Future Vol. 1 (ISBN 0-9741160-4-1) (2009)
- Wil Wheaton's Criminal Minds Production Diary (2009)
- Class of Geeks" (2010; contributor)
- The Day After, and Other Stories (2010)
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Further reading
- Holmstrom, John. The Moving Picture Boy: An International Encyclopaedia from 1895 to 1995. Norwich, Michael Russell, 1996, p. 390-391.
- Wheaton, Wil. "My name is Wil Wheaton. I Live With Chronic Depression and Generalized Anxiety. I Am Not Ashamed." Medium.com, June 1, 2018.
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- Official website
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